BEST INSTALL EVER, plus future predictions for Dish from my tech

[ewindowman]

Sling works through your internet provider plus the provider you are slinging it to . I am thinking Dish 5 g for your home provider of Internet. Dish could sell you at least a double play. Just like Comcast,Verizon and so on . Comcast said they don’t really care about tv it’s the internet access and caps that is were the money is going to be. OTT is going to get paid for someway or another. Remember when the cable bills were around the mid 20 now look at them .

 

[pattykay]

Tell me about it! I still don't have the U436 software, even though it was released last week. Tonight, I will try doing a boot recovery to see if I can force my Wally to take the download.

Through a combination of the boot recovery and re-doing the Installation Wizard, I now have U437 downloaded to all three of my Wally.

 

[TheKrell]

Also, the 5G bandwidth that would be used up for video delivery, would be better used for internet both from a practical standpoint and a business one.

I think I saw either some PTO document, or some FCC document, that described a 1Xn broadcast model for Dish spectrum, to use efficiently for TV. Current cellular data (correct me if I'm wrong) use a 1X1 model, which would prevent other providers from using their bandwidth to broadcast all TV channels at once.

 

[comfortably_numb]

How about a Hopper 4 with built in 5G AND unlimited hotspot for the whole house

 

[Bobby]

How about a Hopper 4 with built in 5G AND unlimited hotspot for the whole house

How about something that works the first time and every time!

 

[NYDutch]

I hope it isn't like the built in Sling. I don't think it has ever worked 100% smoothly. You can't beat the external attached Slingbox. Never no issues and has more capability. The Hopper with built in cell phone scares me.

We haven't had any significant problems with DishAnywhere and our Hopper2's in quite some time. Mostly we use it on our FireTVstick now.

 

[charlesrshell]

We haven't had any significant problems with DishAnywhere and our Hopper2's in quite some time. Mostly we use it on our FireTVstick now.

That's good, glad it is working better. Is DishAnywhere still restricted from viewing the EHD?

 

[NYDutch]

That's good, glad it is working better. Is DishAnywhere still restricted from viewing the EHD?

I'm not using any EHD's anymore, so I can't say what's going on there. 60-70% full is about as high as we ever get on the internal HD's.

 

[charlesrshell]

I'm not using any EHD's anymore, so I can't say what's going on there. 60-70% full is about as high as we ever get on the internal HD's.

I only keep special recordings that I want to watch again sometime in my EHDs. I don't think I have ever seen our internal get to around 25% full. We mostly get caught up on the weekends.

 

[NYDutch]

I only keep special recordings that I want to watch again sometime in my EHDs. I don't think I have ever seen our internal get to around 25% full. We mostly get caught up on the weekends.

We copy those really special recordings off to memory cards or DVD's for future viewing. We do have a few movies on the internal HD's that are several months old, but nothing we would really miss if we lost them. Most are available on Amazon Prime, etc, anyway. 25-35% is probably more like what we usually have internally, but it does get higher sometimes until we take the time to catch up.

 

[Bobby]

Is DishAnywhere still restricted from viewing the EHD?

Yes, if it is attached to a Hopper...

 

[Jackonearth]

Dish is partnering with Sprint. Several offices are piloting a program to sell Sprint cell service

T-Mobile is buying Sprint, so I look forward to the new T-Dish

 

[Bobby]

T-Mobile is buying Sprint, so I look forward to the new T-Dish

T-Mobile is attempting to buy Sprint, it ain't a done deal and it may never happen....

 

[comfortably_numb]

T-Mobile is attempting to buy Sprint, it ain't a done deal and it may never happen....

I don’t think it will. Mayososhi Son will not cede ledership to John Legere. We’ve seen this movie before.

 

[Jackonearth]

Yes, if it is attached to a Hopper...

Are you saying Dish Anywhere can access an EHD if it's attached to another type of receiver?

 

[Jackonearth]

T-Mobile is attempting to buy Sprint, it ain't a done deal and it may never happen....

Just wait until the only telcos left are AT&T and Comcast.

 

[pattykay]

Are you saying Dish Anywhere can access an EHD if it's attached to another type of receiver?

ViP DVRs (612, 622, 722, 722k, 922)
Edit to say that I am not sure that all of those models actually work with Dish Anywhere, but the ones that do, provide access to the EHD.

 

[Jackonearth]

ViP DVRs (612, 622, 722, 722k, 922)

That's just wrong.

 

[pattykay]

That's just wrong.

See my edit above. Supposedly, even they were not supposed to provide access to EHDs, but it was a glitch that was never fixed.

 

[Bobby]

Just wait until the only telcos left are AT&T and Comcast.

Just remember that AT&T was sucked up by SBC who decided to use the AT&T name because it was better known....